Do you edit your kid’s work?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This! Found my second grader with all 100% grades in the grade book wasn’t even answering the question on topic but was being given A+ grades in writing. We rewrite any subpar work and I informed the teacher that I’m not interested in all As but that that I’m interested in accurate, grade level writing.

How do you know what grade-level writing is?

I’m an elementary educator. I try to let the school educate my child instead of continuously overstepping.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Private schools are better at this. They still teach cursive as well.

Weak back-door recruiting effort. No wonder y'all are behind on your quotas!

My daughter's school always had many more applicants than spots. Not sure what you mean here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This! Found my second grader with all 100% grades in the grade book wasn’t even answering the question on topic but was being given A+ grades in writing. We rewrite any subpar work and I informed the teacher that I’m not interested in all As but that that I’m interested in accurate, grade level writing.

How do you know what grade-level writing is?

I’m an elementary educator. I try to let the school educate my child instead of continuously overstepping.

While that may work of you have an above average student...many other kids ate not getting their needs met in the way that public school is currently designed. Children should leave school with functional academics and many are being passed along.

[Anonymous]

I think it depends on the teacher. My kids' teachers in 6th+7th barely gave feedback. The 8th grade teacher's feedback is substantial. She's actually amazing. Though I wonder if it's post pandemic (return to normal standards) or if it's because the teacher is young and unjaded.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The grading in MCPS is hit or miss. I have a middle schooler with an IEP and we have had teachers that don't even appear to read written responses for assignments and quizzes but give an A if the work is done. I know this because after looking at the response it does not even answer the question. This is a disservice to our kid because we really need to know where the gaps are so we can work at home to help understand the content. Every once in a while, we get a teacher who appears to actually grade the work and provide feedback.

Get rid of the completion (practice/prep) category.

Unfortunately, that’s all teachers have time to grade. Comments and meaningful feedback take time teachers don’t have.

If we want stronger writing instruction, a high school English teacher should have far fewer than the 150 students they have now. They also need time at work to grade these papers.

Then don’t teach English if you don’t want to spend this time. Or as a department fight with Admin and MCPS CO to assign two teachers to English or some type of aide. Not giving feedback isn’t helpful to anyone.

[Anonymous]

Can't edit anything. Me foreigner, me barely speaky the English. My high schooler who had all As and one B, would not have made it through a high school in the old country.
In my high school in the 90s, 3 kids out of 300 has all As.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The grading in MCPS is hit or miss. I have a middle schooler with an IEP and we have had teachers that don't even appear to read written responses for assignments and quizzes but give an A if the work is done. I know this because after looking at the response it does not even answer the question. This is a disservice to our kid because we really need to know where the gaps are so we can work at home to help understand the content. Every once in a while, we get a teacher who appears to actually grade the work and provide feedback.

Get rid of the completion (practice/prep) category.

Unfortunately, that’s all teachers have time to grade. Comments and meaningful feedback take time teachers don’t have.

If we want stronger writing instruction, a high school English teacher should have far fewer than the 150 students they have now. They also need time at work to grade these papers.

Then don’t teach English if you don’t want to spend this time. Or as a department fight with Admin and MCPS CO to assign two teachers to English or some type of aide. Not giving feedback isn’t helpful to anyone.

Weird advice. Would you also tell doctors who are evaluated on seeing way too many patients per hour, "Then don't practice medicine if you don't want to spend this time" with the patients? I have a friend who left medical practice because she was expected to see more patients per hour than she thought she could properly see, and I don't think it made the world a better place.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The grading in MCPS is hit or miss. I have a middle schooler with an IEP and we have had teachers that don't even appear to read written responses for assignments and quizzes but give an A if the work is done. I know this because after looking at the response it does not even answer the question. This is a disservice to our kid because we really need to know where the gaps are so we can work at home to help understand the content. Every once in a while, we get a teacher who appears to actually grade the work and provide feedback.

Get rid of the completion (practice/prep) category.

Unfortunately, that’s all teachers have time to grade. Comments and meaningful feedback take time teachers don’t have.

If we want stronger writing instruction, a high school English teacher should have far fewer than the 150 students they have now. They also need time at work to grade these papers.

Then don’t teach English if you don’t want to spend this time. Or as a department fight with Admin and MCPS CO to assign two teachers to English or some type of aide. Not giving feedback isn’t helpful to anyone.

Weird advice. Would you also tell doctors who are evaluated on seeing way too many patients per hour, "Then don't practice medicine if you don't want to spend this time" with the patients? I have a friend who left medical practice because she was expected to see more patients per hour than she thought she could properly see, and I don't think it made the world a better place.

There was an OR option given. Your friend left practice because she understood she couldn’t be of good service to her patients in the manner in which she was expected to operate. Now she hopefully has the opportunity to move into a situation that will allow her to be of good service to patients. It’s not don’t be a doctor or don’t be a teacher, it’s don’t do things that you know create or potentially create a bad situation. Students getting A’s in English because of no feedback are not benefitted. Particularly EML students.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Some of the teachers are poor writers as well. Their material is often fraught with spelling errors and incorrect word usage. They mix up homophones and do not place possessive quotations correctly. It’s scary.

+1

Our 2nd grade teacher had a misspelling in her protest sign on Facebook. They’re / they’re.

Yuck

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This! Found my second grader with all 100% grades in the grade book wasn’t even answering the question on topic but was being given A+ grades in writing. We rewrite any subpar work and I informed the teacher that I’m not interested in all As but that that I’m interested in accurate, grade level writing.

How do you know what grade-level writing is?

I’m an elementary educator. I try to let the school educate my child instead of continuously overstepping.

Problem is most teachers aren't so if you aren't working with your child, they could fall very behind.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Some of the teachers are poor writers as well. Their material is often fraught with spelling errors and incorrect word usage. They mix up homophones and do not place possessive quotations correctly. It’s scary.

+1

Our 2nd grade teacher had a misspelling in her protest sign on Facebook. They’re / they’re.

Yuck

Spelling or capitalization?

Yuck

[Anonymous]

Well, I have a 12th grader who has managed to learn to write quite well. Yes, I have stepped in here and there to teach skills, when they’ve been open to it. But teachers have also played a role. Writing is just an ongoing skill building process. I know that I continued to develop as a writer in college. Right now I’m editing college essays, using that process to do a little more teaching. Nbd

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The grading in MCPS is hit or miss. I have a middle schooler with an IEP and we have had teachers that don't even appear to read written responses for assignments and quizzes but give an A if the work is done. I know this because after looking at the response it does not even answer the question. This is a disservice to our kid because we really need to know where the gaps are so we can work at home to help understand the content. Every once in a while, we get a teacher who appears to actually grade the work and provide feedback.

Get rid of the completion (practice/prep) category.

Unfortunately, that’s all teachers have time to grade. Comments and meaningful feedback take time teachers don’t have.

If we want stronger writing instruction, a high school English teacher should have far fewer than the 150 students they have now. They also need time at work to grade these papers.

Then don’t teach English if you don’t want to spend this time. Or as a department fight with Admin and MCPS CO to assign two teachers to English or some type of aide. Not giving feedback isn’t helpful to anyone.

Weird advice. Would you also tell doctors who are evaluated on seeing way too many patients per hour, "Then don't practice medicine if you don't want to spend this time" with the patients? I have a friend who left medical practice because she was expected to see more patients per hour than she thought she could properly see, and I don't think it made the world a better place.

There was an OR option given. Your friend left practice because she understood she couldn’t be of good service to her patients in the manner in which she was expected to operate. Now she hopefully has the opportunity to move into a situation that will allow her to be of good service to patients. It’s not don’t be a doctor or don’t be a teacher, it’s don’t do things that you know create or potentially create a bad situation. Students getting A’s in English because of no feedback are not benefitted. Particularly EML students.

PP you're responding to. My friend left practice because they understood they couldn't be of good service to their patients in the manner in which the insurance companies expected them to operate for the benefit of the insurance companies' bottom lines. It's a systemic problem, not a personal choice.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This! Found my second grader with all 100% grades in the grade book wasn’t even answering the question on topic but was being given A+ grades in writing. We rewrite any subpar work and I informed the teacher that I’m not interested in all As but that that I’m interested in accurate, grade level writing.

How do you know what grade-level writing is?

I’m an elementary educator. I try to let the school educate my child instead of continuously overstepping.

While that may work of you have an above average student...many other kids ate not getting their needs met in the way that public school is currently designed. Children should leave school with functional academics and many are being passed along.

You must be kidding! If they realize a student is above average, they completely ignore them and figure mom and dad will educate them.